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Tuesday, July 19, 2005

The Guessing Game: Hizbullah and Geagea

I might have just figured out why Hizbullah yesterday did not vote for Geagea's release. Their official claim was that they declined to vote because around the issue revolves certain sensitivities and complications on the national level and they used the late Rashid Karami's family as a justification for not participating in the amnesty law.

I could have believed that their move was purely driven by domestic/national concerns (note above "the national level"), if it wasn't for Al-Mustaqbal's piece of news which reported that 30 Iranian students demonstrated against Geagea's release in Tehran.

Why? What does Iran have to do with Geagea? The answer is that they were against his release because he was implicated in the kidnappings of four Iranian diplomats in Lebanon during the Israeli invasion in 1982 whom no traces were found of them since then, noting that Tehran believes that the Lebanese Forces turned in these diplomats to Israel.

So...now it's clearer why Hizbullah did not vote for Geagea's amnesty law...and it's not for purely national reasons and principles. They closely uphold Iran's policies and demands, so it would be better if they were outright and clear instead of leaving us with the guessing games.

"Nobody knows how many rebellions, besides political rebellions, ferment in the masses of life which people earth."

9 comments:

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Politician Laundering:Forget money laundering, politician laundering is our national pastime. You take a sinner, spin a new story, and voila, you have a saint. I am amazed to read all the stories/postings on Hariri, Jumblatt, Aoun, Geagea, Murr... I am sorry I had misjudged them, but now I see the light at last. And Hizbollah is still dwelling on the past and refuses to turn the page to build a new and improved Lebanon? How sad, don't they know they might need the political laundering machine soon?

Doha,I know we're all in the guessing game, but I think HA reasons could be a bit more profound and less scandalous than that. Remember that they know their objections was ineffective, and that any official Iranian position, no matter how subtle, will definitely draw more than 30 students to parade for it. You'd think the 4 diplomats' families will be pushed to the front to get emotional support.

Possible reasons for HA's position off the top of my head:1) to avoid more alienation within their popular base on the LF issue2) less likely: to avoid looking like they're vouching for the Dinnyeh terrorists. (Related to shia vs sunni struggle and an attempt to negate the "islamic extremists alliance" theory)3) mere reminder that they're not always going with the crowd. Just to avoid being taken for granted in the future.

I'm sure we'll come across something soon.

P,Politician Laundering!Walla good lingo! Did you copyright that or can I use it freely? :)

I am sick and tired of political parties and politicians in Lebanon acting as if they were foreign ambassadors from another country. If Hizbullah calls itself a Lebanese party but rather acts on behalf of Iran, then either move back to Tehran or do not include yourselves in Lebanon's parliamnet and intefere in our political life. Rather join the Iranian embassy and stick to your ambassadorial limits.